Local Outreach

Great Plains has been in development since 2019 with a focus on meeting the needs of the Kansas grid and the customers it serves. The project team is committed to working with Labette County and various local stakeholders including Neosho Township Fire Departments, community members, local stakeholders, and policymakers throughout the development process.

Community Benefits

Operating as a “merchant” project, the facility will bid its services into the Southwest Power Pool market, competing against all generation sources. It will discharge energy during costly peak demand periods, such as extreme weather events, which helps to reduce ratepayer bills. Battery energy storage supports local reliability as intermittent generation resources increase in the state. Great Plains will help make the grid more efficient and reduce the need for expensive additional transmission line construction to serve new intermittent generation.

The Great Plains Energy Storage facility will be a good neighbor and a valuable asset to the surrounding community for decades to come. The project will provide necessary capacity to the region with no air polluting emissions. As a static facility with insignificant traffic and minimal municipal services, the Great Plains facility will have little impact on neighbors. Significant project benefits to the community include:

• High-paying construction jobs

• Enhanced resiliency from a new, state-of-the-art power resource  

• Financial benefits for the local community